EIT Regional Innovation Booster Hungary 2027 - 26-28 XKIC Regional Innovation Internationalisation (RII)

The EIT Regional Innovation Booster (EIT RIB) Hungary seven-month international market-access programme for Hungarian start-ups.

With the support of the Hungarian National Innovation Agency, it supports mature, innovation-driven Hungarian companies to validate, enter and grow in a new European market. A single cohort of 8 companies will be selected and equipped with a validated market entry strategy, concrete connections in their target market, and the operational know-how to act on them.

At the heart of the programme is a Buddy system that pairs each company with an experienced operator who already knows the chosen target market and sector. This is complemented by expert mentoring, a programme of workshops and guest speaker sessions, and a EUR 2.500 conference and travel grant to support in-person engagement in the target market.

The programme runs from December 2026 to June 2027 and is structured in two consecutive phases.

Phase 1: Market Preparation (Months 1–3) Selected companies validate their target market with 20 hours of 1:1 expert mentoring, assess their readiness for international expansion, and build an executable market entry strategy.

Phase 2: Market Expansion (Months…